Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 147 Thousands of soldiers kneel down, disaster befalls the soldiers of Qi and Lu!
Sitting opposite Ge Shouli.

He is the Minister of War Jiangdong.

He was born in Chaocheng, Shandong Province, and became a Jinshi in the eighth year of Jiajing. During his more than 30 years of official career, he held many important positions in the court.

Including the Director of the Water Conservancy Department of the Jiangnan Qingjiangpu Ministry of Works, the Director of the Guangxi Qingli Department of the Ministry of Justice, the Director of the Shanxi Qingli Department of the Ministry of Justice, the Director of the Fujian Qingli Department of the Ministry of Justice, the Langzhong Department of the Ministry of Justice, the Assistant Director of the Henan Censorate, the Left Counselor of the Shanxi Provincial Administration, the Deputy Envoy of the Shaanxi Censorate, the Right Vice-Administrator of the Shaanxi Provincial Administration, the Censor of the Shanxi Censorate, the Right Governor of the Shanxi Provincial Administration, the Left Governor of the Shanxi Provincial Administration, the Left Deputy Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, the Right Assistant Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, the Governor-General of Xuanda, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, and the current Minister of War.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, there were few officials who held more official positions in the imperial court and local governments than him.

Jiang Dong did not like such occasions, and he did not like to keep in touch with his fellow villagers. This was not because he was ungrateful of his roots, but this action seemed to be an attempt to form a local clique.

However, Ge Shouli was a close friend of Gao Gong, the second assistant to the cabinet. In the court, he was like the incarnation of the second prime minister.

Everyone in the court knew that the second prime minister was dissatisfied with the prime minister, and Ge Shouli was running around in the court and the country, most of the time working for the second prime minister.

Jiang Dong refused Ge Shouli's invitation to a banquet several times, but to refuse again would seem unkind. Besides, all the Shandong candidates in Beijing were here, and Ge Shouli had personally visited the Jiang residence to invite him, so he had to come.

At this time, seeing that Ge Shouli looked troubled, he had a bad feeling and asked, "Minister Ge, you have gathered so many fellow townsmen, I'm afraid it's not just to talk about fellow townsmen's feelings, right?"

Ge Shouli raised his cup and said, "Boyang (Jiangdong's name), come on, let's drink! Let's talk after we finish drinking!"

"Don't tell me what's going on. I'm afraid I can't drink this wine." Jiang Dong said with a sullen face, indifferent.

All the candidates who came to Beijing in advance from a province are here. If they really make a noise, it will be a "scholar disaster" that will go down in history.

The current emperor is a person who cannot tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes. The lesson of the Nanjing scholars' disaster has not been forgotten, and the blood of the Nanjing scholars has not yet dried.

Your Majesty can slaughter and destroy the reputation of the scholars in Nanjing, and he may also slaughter and destroy the reputation of the scholars in Shandong Province.

This is the backbone of Shandong in the court for the next few decades, and he will never allow Ge Shouli to act recklessly.

"The Duke of Yansheng has been arrested and will be executed." Seeing that he could not offer the glass of wine, Ge Shouli had to speak frankly: "The court wants to implement the separation of military and political affairs."

Jiang Dong was shocked: "What? Duke Yansheng is going to die? Separation of military and political power? What is the connection between the two?"

"The Duke of Yansheng was captured by the Jinyiwei in front of Zhengyang Gate last night. The emperor is punishing the entire Duke of Yansheng's mansion and wants to strip him of his title of Duke of Yansheng. The separation of military and political power was reported by Hu Zongxian, the Marquis of Jinghai."

"So, the two things have nothing to do with each other, and both have been judged by the emperor." Jiang Dong grasped the key point in Ge Shouli's words.

That's all the Emperor has already decided.

Ge Shouli was silent for a moment and nodded.

Jiang Dong immediately became alert and asked again: "Then why did you summon the Shandong people today?"

"We come from the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, and have been practicing the teachings of the sages since childhood. Now, the descendants of the sages are in trouble, and their bloodline is about to be lost. Are we just going to sit back and do nothing?" Ge Shouli got excited and asked back, tapping the table with his hand.

"Haha." Jiang Dong smiled coldly, as if he saw through Ge Shouli. He did not respond, but instead exposed Ge Shouli's vicious thoughts, "That sounds good! Don't you just want me, the Shandong people, to stand up for the Yanshenggong Mansion and save the life of the Yanshenggong?"

"Why not?" Ge Shouli replied in a cold voice without hiding anything.

"Minister Ge, don't you know what Duke Yansheng's Mansion did in Shandong and Jinan City?" "Of course I know. Duke Yansheng's Mansion helped the poor in years of disaster and helped scholars in years of plenty. This allowed scholars and people in Shandong Province to avoid starvation and death and study with peace of mind. He is the greatest philanthropist in the world."

"Hahaha!"

Jiang Dong laughed so hard that tears came out. The voice in the private room instantly overwhelmed the high-sounding discussions of the candidates in the guild hall. "Even the people of Yanshenggong Mansion dare to call themselves great good people? And there are also followers like you who talk nonsense? Are you deceiving the world and are you not wise?

Who among the people of Shandong doesn't know that if they eat one mouthful of food from the Yanshenggong Mansion, they will have to pay back with food for a thousand or ten thousand mouths?
Who doesn't know that the Kong family's white porridge at the Yanshenggong Mansion has sand mixed in with the rice?
Ge Shouli, ask the candidates below, how many of them have received assistance from the Yanshenggong Mansion?

Apart from the provincial examination champion who is born only once every three years, which scholar will the almighty Yanshenggong Mansion show favor to?

You have received benefits from the Yanshenggong Mansion and are willing to lick its ass, I will not stop you. Several provincial examination champions in the hall are willing to lick its ass, I will not stop you either.

But I cannot bear to see the people of my province go to the execution ground for the Yanshenggong Mansion, which is worse than beasts!
Ge Shouli, you are a beast! "

At this point, Jiang Dong leaned over the railing and shouted, "Scholars, follow me out of the academy!"

After a strong shout.

Jiang Dong left the private room, walked up the stairs, and went straight to the door of the museum.

Several Shandong officials who were in the private room bowed to Ge Shouli and followed him out.

By the way, the matter of Duke Yansheng was passed on to the scholars in the hall. Even though many scholars did not understand Ge Shouli's sinister intentions, they knew how miserable the consequences would be if they attempted to go against the emperor's will, so they followed the local officials silently.

Several Shandong imperial examination champions who had benefited from the Yansheng Mansion looked at each other, looked up at Ge Shouli with a livid face, bowed to the ground, and then followed the main force without any reluctance.

When the results of the provincial examination were announced, Duke Yansheng awarded dozens of taels of silver. No one would risk his life for this little bit of silver.

From now on, you should burn more paper for the Yanshenggong Mansion during festivals, as a way of repaying the reward you received in the past.

The huge Jinan Guild Hall was cleared out in the blink of an eye. Ge Shouli felt a salty taste in his throat, and he tilted his head back and spat out a mouthful of blood.

but.

Jiang Dong and the other candidates were unable to leave. Right in front of the guild hall, a powerful crossbow was set up. The restaurants and houses opposite were also filled with messengers in brocade clothes holding crossbows.

The cold muzzles of the crossbows were aimed at every candidate who walked out of the guild hall. If there was any unusual movement, thousands of crossbows would be fired at once, and all the candidates in the province would be shot into sieves in an instant.

Seeing such a scene, the candidates were inevitably frightened and wanted to move around unconsciously. There were signs of chaos. Jiang Dong, the Minister of War, felt like his head was about to explode when he saw the brocade-robed envoy gradually tightening his fingers on the crossbow.

The Jinyiwei really wanted to massacre the Jinan Guild Hall!
"Listen to my orders, everyone, don't move, and lie down on the ground slowly!" Jiang Dong led everyone to lie on the ground, indicating to give up resistance.

The candidates were concerned about their status and were unwilling to obey the order, but when they saw that Jiangdong had done the same, they all fell to the ground.

Maybe it was a coincidence. When everyone was lying on the ground, Zhu Qi, one of the thirteen guardians of the Jinyiwei, appeared and sighed softly...

(End of this chapter)